On this episode of the Authors of History Podcast, I’m joined by historian Dr Tim Galsworthy to discuss his inspiration to teach and write, his research into memory, politics and race in the modern United States, with a particular focus on the Republican Party’s relationship with memories of the American Civil War.
Tim joined Lincoln Bishop University in September 2023, having previously taught at the University of South Wales, the University of Gloucestershire and the University of Sussex. He teaches History and Military History across the modern and early modern periods, with a particular focus on the United States, Europe, Britain and the British Empire.
Alongside his teaching and research, Tim is managing editor of the British Journal for Military History and has served on several academic committees. He received his PhD in History from the University of Sussex in 2023, funded by the CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership, and also holds an MPhil in American History from Selwyn College, Cambridge, and a BA in History from the University of Bristol.
His book, The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP, is published by the University of South Carolina Press.
Tim recommends In the Pines by Grace Elizabeth Hale and highlights The Reading Room, an independent bookshop in Grantham: https://the-reading-room-grantham.square.site/
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